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• Acknowledgments
• Introduction : A new perspective on reform
• 1. How reform worked in China
• I. Dual-track market liberalization
• 2. Reform without losers : An interpretation of China's dual-track approach to transition
• 3. Pareto-improving economic reforms through dual-track liberalization
• II. Unconventional ownership of firms
• 4. Institutional environment, community government, and corporate governance : Understanding China's township-village enterprises
• 5. Insecure property rights and government ownership of firms
• 6. Public vs. private ownership of firms : Evidence from rural China
• III. Government and reform : Federalism, Chinese style
• 7. Federalism, Chinese style : The political basis for economic success in China
• 8. Federalism as a commitment to preserving market incentives
• 9. Regional decentralization and fiscal incentives : Federalism, Chinese style
• IV. Initial organizational conditions and reform
• 10. Why China's economic reforms differ : The m-form hierarchy and entry/expansion of the non-state sector
• 11. Incentives, information, and organizational reform
• 12. Coordinating reforms in transition economies
• Index.

A noted Chinese economist examines the mechanisms behind China's economic reforms, arguing that universal principles and specific implementations are equally important.As China has transformed itself from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, economists have tried to understand and interpret the success of Chinese reform. As the Chinese economist Yingyi Qian explains, there are two schools of thought on Chinese reform: the "School of Universal Principles, " which ascribes China's successful reform to the workings of the free market, and the "School of Chinese Characteristics, " which holds that China's reform is successful precisely because it did not follow the economics of the market but instead relied on the government. In this book, Qian offers a third perspective, taking certain elements from each school of thought but emphasizing not why reform worked but how it did. Economics is a science, but economic reform is applied science and engineering. To a practitioner, it is more useful to find a feasible reform path than the theoretically best way.The key to understanding how reform has worked in China, Qian argues, is to consider the way reform designs respond to initial historical conditions and contemporary constraints. Qian examines the role of "transitional institutions" -- not "best practice institutions" but "incentive-compatible institutions" -- in Chinese reform; the dual-track approach to market liberalization; the ownership of firms, viewed both theoretically and empirically; government decentralization, offering and testing hypotheses about its link to local economic development; and the specific historical conditions of China's regional-based central planning.
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本书分为四个部分, 系统总结了老清华社会科学--经济学, 社会学, 政治学和心理学的发展历程, 代表性人物和取得的成就. 借清华大学迎来百年校庆之机会, 研究老清华社会科学发展的历史, 不仅仅是一种回顾, 透过对老清华社会科学的认识, 了解学科调整之前中国社会科学的整体发展, 在当时的社会背景下社会科学所关注的主要问题, 所进行的主要研究, 以及前辈们在学科建设上的努力.

• Introduction-- J.Kornai & Y.Qian Socialism and the Market: Conceptual Clarification-- J.Kornai 'Market Socialism' and Chinese Economic Reform-- J.Wu China's Encounter with Market Socialism: Approaching Managed Capitalism by Indirect Means-- L.Putterman Is State Ownership Consistent with a Market Economy: The Chinese Experience-- W.Zhang Market Socialism or Capitalism? Evidence from Chinese Financial Market Development-- J.Du & C.Xu China's Path-Dependent Transition: Culture Mediating between Market and Socialism-- C.Herrman-Pillath Market Economy, Hierarchy and Single Party Rule-- B.Naughton Market Economy with Socialist Orientation: The Evolution in Vietnam-- D.D.Le Process of Economic Reforms in Vietnam: What Lessons can be Learnt-- T.T.Vo Vietnam's Road to International Economic Integration with a Socialist Orientation: Is WTO Accession and Market Socialism Compatible?-- S.Parker Market Socialism in China and Vietnam: Why has it Worked, So Far?-- D.D.Li & Y.Wang.
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One of the most important legacies of the twentieth century is the rise and fall of the socialist economic system. While countries in Central and Eastern Europe have abandoned socialism and embraced market and democracy, two Asian countries - China and Vietnam - appeared to have followed a different path, and both economies are growing fast. Yet, although both China and Vietnam are making a decisive transition to the market economy, they have also insisted on the official ideology of socialism. The reform experiences of these two countries have raised important intellectual questions: are China and Vietnam practicing market socialism? How has the market emerged under the ideology of socialism? What is the meaning of the market in this context? This book brings together a wide range of experts to address these questions by studying some of the fundamental issues surrounding the relationship between the market, property rights, and socialism. With fresh insights into these important and topical issues, this book contributes to an understanding of how the market and socialist ideology coexist in China and Vietnam, while also drawing important conclusions which have implications beyond these regions.
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